can it get any worse!!!
chris_smith - 16/3/09 at 07:26 PM
with the sva fast approaching (this friday) im off work this week to sort all the final bits.
at 10 o'clock this morning everything is going swimmingly, finished the wiring for the rad fan temp switch so starts the engine to test,
tick over for few minutes then start to give her a few revs to warm things up,
suddenly a knocking sound appears
what the **** is that!!!!!
turns her off , almost sounded as though a spanner or something rattling or knocking against something, so checks around cant find anything, shook the
car in the hope some tool would drop out,
nothing
starts her up again, same noise, add some revs slowly and the sound seems to subside, mmm one is now worried.
anyway my dad arrives, and rightly suggests whipping it out and checking bigend's etc, his comment went something along the lines of:
"it wont fix itself stood there staring at it!!!"
so we gets her out oil and water everywhere as you can imagine,
sump off checking for anything obvious when a place my weight on the fly wheel, and it moved as if loose
off comes the clutch plate to find that all the flywheel bolts are loose
cut a long story short we then went about tightening to torque etc
anyway to think nothing else could go wrong was a silly mistake
as we dropped her back in we somehow ripped an engine mount rubber off
so i now need to get my hands on one before thursday
chris
please look at this link re engine mount
[Edited on 16/3/09 by chris_smith]
Paul TigerB6 - 16/3/09 at 07:39 PM
Bugger!! I hope you added Loctite to the bolts this time!!!
meany - 16/3/09 at 07:42 PM
what engine mount do you need?
mistergrumpy - 16/3/09 at 07:43 PM
quote:
so we gets her out oil and water everywhere as you can imagine
Wait, you have a woman in there instead of an engine? 
Stick with it mate, don't let it beat you.
omega0684 - 16/3/09 at 07:43 PM
quote:
anyway my dad arrives, and rightly suggests whipping it out and checking bigend's etc, his comment went something along the lines of: "it
wont fix itself stood there staring at it!!!"
my dad says this to me all the time when things go wrong
at least you got the problem before it caused any major damage
Paul TigerB6 - 16/3/09 at 08:01 PM
quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
quote:
his comment went something along the lines of: "it wont fix itself stood there staring at it!!!"
my dad says this to me all the time when things go wrong
My dad does the same too - we are usually staring at his old motorbike though!!! I wouldnt mind so much if it was mine!!
MikeRJ - 16/3/09 at 08:50 PM
quote:
Originally posted by chris_smith
off comes the clutch plate to find that all the flywheel bolts are loose
On the plus side, far better you found this now than have the flywheel part company at 6000RPM, with the very strong possibility of it removing your
legs at the same time
Call me a big girl, but I went and bought some ARP bolts for the flywheel on my Striker, and spent some time making sure the threads in the crank were
pristine before torquing the bolts up with loctite. The idea of what is effectively a very heavy circular saw blade rotating a few inches from my
legs does worry me a bit.
[Edited on 16/3/09 by MikeRJ]
MakeEverything - 16/3/09 at 09:37 PM
.... so does the napalm bomb behind your head......
.... and the spinning toothpick to your left ....
.... and the four big rubber earrings either side!
David Jenkins - 16/3/09 at 09:40 PM
Still, you could own a Golf Mk4 - the flywheel is riveted to the crank, and they have been known to come undone in more than a few cases!
So it's not just us amateur mechanics...
MakeEverything - 16/3/09 at 09:40 PM
.... not to mention the chelsea tractors, the sundar paper drivers, boy racers, taxi's, learners, hmmmmmm
welderman - 16/3/09 at 10:04 PM
hope you get it sorted, i was well worried when i had the clutch off the night before my test. Sorted it though thank goodness
LBMEFM - 16/3/09 at 10:07 PM
"suggests whipping it out and checking bigend's etc"
I had a girl say that to me once
[Edited on 16/3/09 by LBMEFM]
MikeRJ - 16/3/09 at 11:45 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
.... so does the napalm bomb behind your head......
.... and the spinning toothpick to your left ....
.... and the four big rubber earrings either side!
Petrol tanks and tyres don't tend to chop your legs off without warning. Prop is a fair point, which is why I welded hoops in.